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The most racially diverse public high schools in Washington, District of Columbia

Across Washington, District of Columbia, 39 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Jackson-Reed High School leads the list at 72.7%, against a median of 21.6% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Washington, District of Columbia

Top Diversity index

72.7%

Median Diversity index

21.6%

MOST DIVERSE · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Jackson-Reed High School	Washington, DC	1,855	72.7%	36.2%(672)	26.3%(487)	25.7%(476)	5.7%(105)
2	District of Columbia International School	Washington, DC	1,654	71.7%	21.0%(348)	25.9%(428)	40.0%(662)	2.8%(46)
3	Basis Dc Pcs	Washington, DC	692	68.9%	48.7%(337)	17.3%(120)	10.7%(74)	7.2%(50)
4	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Washington, DC	357	68.5%	44.0%(157)	30.5%(109)	14.3%(51)	2.5%(9)
5	School Without Walls High School	Washington, DC	606	67.6%	48.8%(296)	22.8%(138)	12.9%(78)	5.1%(31)
6	MacArthur High School	Washington, DC	390	58.9%	17.4%(68)	59.2%(231)	16.7%(65)	2.6%(10)
7	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	Washington, DC	292	56.5%	12.7%(37)	61.0%(178)	20.6%(60)	1.7%(5)
8	Cardozo Education Campus	Washington, DC	710	52.7%	0.8%(6)	47.0%(334)	50.1%(356)	1.4%(10)
9	Roosevelt High School	Washington, DC	943	52.6%	0.8%(8)	48.8%(460)	48.6%(458)	0.9%(9)
10	Paul PCS - International High School	Washington, DC	439	51.9%	0.2%(1)	46.9%(206)	51.0%(224)	1.1%(5)
11	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Washington, DC	589	51.6%	13.9%(82)	66.0%(389)	13.6%(80)	1.4%(8)
12	Coolidge High School	Washington, DC	1,029	51.3%	0.7%(7)	55.2%(568)	42.7%(439)	0.2%(2)
13	Benjamin Banneker High School	Washington, DC	703	49.0%	9.3%(65)	68.6%(482)	17.4%(122)	1.6%(11)
14	Capital City PCS - High School	Washington, DC	348	47.5%	1.7%(6)	25.9%(90)	67.5%(235)	0.9%(3)
15	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington, DC	1,563	44.9%	0.9%(14)	28.5%(445)	68.5%(1,070)	1.3%(21)
16	E.L. Haynes PCS - High School	Washington, DC	446	42.7%	0.5%(2)	27.1%(121)	70.6%(315)	0.0%(0)
17	McKinley Technology High School	Washington, DC	723	33.0%	4.6%(33)	80.6%(583)	12.6%(91)	0.4%(3)
18	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Washington, DC	386	32.1%	1.3%(5)	80.8%(312)	15.8%(61)	0.5%(2)
19	Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy	Washington, DC	367	22.8%	0.3%(1)	87.2%(320)	10.9%(40)	0.0%(0)
20	Dunbar High School	Washington, DC	892	21.6%	0.3%(3)	87.6%(781)	11.2%(100)	0.3%(3)
21	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering High School	Washington, DC	350	20.8%	0.9%(3)	88.6%(310)	8.6%(30)	0.3%(1)
22	Eastern High School	Washington, DC	909	20.5%	2.9%(26)	88.8%(807)	6.2%(56)	0.6%(5)
23	Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC)	Washington, DC	331	17.4%	0.0%(0)	90.6%(300)	6.3%(21)	0.3%(1)
24	H.D. Woodson High School	Washington, DC	579	14.7%	0.3%(2)	92.1%(533)	7.3%(42)	0.2%(1)
25	Anacostia High School	Washington, DC	246	14.5%	0.0%(0)	92.3%(227)	5.7%(14)	0.0%(0)
26	The SEED PCS of Washington DC	Washington, DC	245	13.8%	0.0%(0)	92.7%(227)	6.1%(15)	0.0%(0)
27	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Washington, DC	440	11.7%	0.5%(2)	93.9%(413)	4.5%(20)	0.0%(0)
28	Luke C. Moore High School	Washington, DC	275	11.1%	0.7%(2)	93.8%(258)	5.1%(14)	0.0%(0)
29	IDEA Pcs	Washington, DC	350	10.8%	0.0%(0)	94.3%(330)	5.4%(19)	0.0%(0)
30	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Washington, DC	745	8.3%	0.3%(2)	95.6%(712)	2.7%(20)	0.1%(1)
31	Ballou High School	Washington, DC	597	8.1%	0.2%(1)	95.8%(572)	3.7%(22)	0.2%(1)
32	KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	643	6.9%	0.3%(2)	96.4%(620)	3.0%(19)	0.0%(0)
33	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington, DC	300	4.6%	1.0%(3)	97.7%(293)	1.3%(4)	0.0%(0)
34	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill	Washington, DC	387	3.6%	0.0%(0)	98.2%(380)	1.0%(4)	0.3%(1)
35	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory High School	Washington, DC	307	3.2%	0.0%(0)	98.4%(302)	1.6%(5)	0.0%(0)
36	Maya Angelou PCS - High School	Washington, DC	218	2.7%	0.5%(1)	98.6%(215)	0.9%(2)	0.0%(0)
37	KIPP DC PCS - Legacy College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	646	2.4%	0.0%(0)	98.8%(638)	0.8%(5)	0.0%(0)
38	Kingsman Academy PCS	Washington, DC	346	1.7%	0.0%(0)	99.1%(343)	0.6%(2)	0.0%(0)
39	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	Washington, DC	373	0.5%	0.0%(0)	99.7%(372)	0.3%(1)	0.0%(0)

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